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Speaking about the recent escalation of violence on the Israeli border with the Gaza Strip, a spokesman for the Turkish president urged the international community to action against hostilities. Simultaneously, the Arab League condemned the conflict escalation, calling on the international community to support the efforts of Egypt and the United Nations to resolve the situation. Aboul Gheit stressed the need for Israel to comply with the Geneva Convention on the protection of civilians and the inadmissibility of attacks on civilian facilities. READ MORE: Palestinian Militants Declare Ceasefire With Israel Amid Gaza Escalation Norway Helping to Mediate Israel-Gaza Conflict At the same time, Norway announced they were working with the United Nations and Egypt to restore peace after violence erupted between Israel and Palestinians in Gaza. The Nordic nation … [Read more...] about Turkey, Arab League Urges Global Community to Stop Israel-Gaza Violence

Israel and Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are close to an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire, a report said Saturday, citing a high-level Israeli source. According to the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation, an unnamed senior political figure leaked that a deal was in the making between Israel and the Gazan administration to allow Qatar to provide the enclave with funds to pay its civil servants as well as fuel. The source added that the Israeli side would audit the funds to ensure they were not being used for “terror activities”. Since Palestinians began holding regular rallies along the buffer zone on March 30, more than 200 protesters have been killed and thousands more injured. Demonstrators demand the right to return to their homes and villages in historical Palestine from which they were driven in 1948 to make way for the new state of Israel. They also demand an end to Israel’s 12-year blockade of the Gaza Strip, which has gutted … [Read more...] about Israel, Gaza close to ceasefire

The Israel-Gaza border saw the quietest weekly protests in months Friday, amid reports of a truce agreement between the Jewish state and the strip's Islamist rulers Hamas. In total seven Palestinians were shot, the health ministry in Gaza said, down dramatically from previous weeks, as protesters largely stayed well away from the border. Reports Thursday suggested Egypt had brokered a deal that would see Hamas end the eight months of often violent demonstrations in exchange for a loosening of Israel's crippling blockade on the strip. Such a deal would see Israel allow Qatari money to be transferred to Gaza to pay salaries of public employees hired by Hamas, as well as fuel deliveries, in exchange for calm, Israeli media said. There was no official confirmation of the agreement. The protests went ahead on Friday but local media suggested Hamas was keen to keep them calm to ensure goodwill with mediators Egypt and the United Nations. Thousands again gathered in several sites across the … [Read more...] about Quietest Israel-Gaza border protests in months amid truce talks

Picture: AFP Sofia. Israeli troops shot dead a Palestinian teenager during protests along the Gaza border on Friday, Gaza medical officials said, and an Israeli soldier was wounded during the demonstrations that had turned violent, the military said. More than 130 Palestinians have been killed during the Israel-Gaza frontier protests which have entered their fourth month and have drawn a lethal Israeli army response. Thousands took part in Friday’s protests, which marked 100 days since their launch, with some venturing close to the border fence, burning tires and throwing stones. Israel’s military said Palestinian protesters hurled grenades, explosive devices and fire-bombs toward the Israeli troops across the border fence. One soldier was moderately wounded by a grenade, the army said in a statement. “Troops responded by firing towards the terrorists,” the military said. It said it fired toward a Palestinian who was attempting to infiltrate Israeli … [Read more...] about Reuters: Palestinian teenager killed in Israel-Gaza border protests